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Masonic Intelligence.
sess the most extensive practice , and the peculiar protection of those virtues ; and if we repudiate those possessions by our acts , society at large must restore the balance , — it is the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulnessand it is the
, duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the purification of the Order by the exercise of public opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles . ' " The Board also adverted to the numerous instances of garbled
misrepresentations of the conduct and proceedings of the Board of General Purposes , ancl of individual Members , exhibiting an utter disregard of all Masonic and moral truth , which would , from their numberrequire a very lengthened
, and detailed statement , but which are unnecessary to notice , as will be obvious to every Mason who has been present at or taken any part in the proceedings commented upon ; and the Board only allude to them in these general terms for
the purpose of calling the attention of Grand Lodge and the Craft to thenatureofthepublication , which , with the above avowed determination to set at defiance the Constitutions of Masonry , makes itessential in the judgment of the Board to recommend the most vigorous proceedings to stop such an evil .
" Upon the above proofs , and most deliberate consideration , it was unanimously resolved by the Board , that the letter of the W . Brother , Robert Thomas Crueefix , P . J . G . D ., was a false , scandalous ,
The Board will pardon a difference of opinion as to " garbled misrepresentations . " The present Board , Masonic however it be , is not the Board under consideration ; nor is it just , in a legal point of view , to shield its assertion of " utter disregard of all Masonic
ancl moral truth" under the sophism , that to prove the case would require a lengthened and detailed statement . Fewer words would suffice for truth .
There is no defiance offered in theReview , which hasmerelytaken up the gage thrown down by prejudice . Some occurrences have not been creditable to Freemasonry , and their publication , perhaps , had better have been suppressed ; but we
question whether the unjust persecution was not more than a palliation for such publication . The recommendation of most vigorous proceedings is inconsiderate and unworthy . As Brother Crueefix has
admitted in his apology that he was goaded on by persecution , and in some degree mistaken as to facts , this paragraph requires no comment . The changes are nowrung in
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Masonic Intelligence.
sess the most extensive practice , and the peculiar protection of those virtues ; and if we repudiate those possessions by our acts , society at large must restore the balance , — it is the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulnessand it is the
, duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the purification of the Order by the exercise of public opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles . ' " The Board also adverted to the numerous instances of garbled
misrepresentations of the conduct and proceedings of the Board of General Purposes , ancl of individual Members , exhibiting an utter disregard of all Masonic and moral truth , which would , from their numberrequire a very lengthened
, and detailed statement , but which are unnecessary to notice , as will be obvious to every Mason who has been present at or taken any part in the proceedings commented upon ; and the Board only allude to them in these general terms for
the purpose of calling the attention of Grand Lodge and the Craft to thenatureofthepublication , which , with the above avowed determination to set at defiance the Constitutions of Masonry , makes itessential in the judgment of the Board to recommend the most vigorous proceedings to stop such an evil .
" Upon the above proofs , and most deliberate consideration , it was unanimously resolved by the Board , that the letter of the W . Brother , Robert Thomas Crueefix , P . J . G . D ., was a false , scandalous ,
The Board will pardon a difference of opinion as to " garbled misrepresentations . " The present Board , Masonic however it be , is not the Board under consideration ; nor is it just , in a legal point of view , to shield its assertion of " utter disregard of all Masonic
ancl moral truth" under the sophism , that to prove the case would require a lengthened and detailed statement . Fewer words would suffice for truth .
There is no defiance offered in theReview , which hasmerelytaken up the gage thrown down by prejudice . Some occurrences have not been creditable to Freemasonry , and their publication , perhaps , had better have been suppressed ; but we
question whether the unjust persecution was not more than a palliation for such publication . The recommendation of most vigorous proceedings is inconsiderate and unworthy . As Brother Crueefix has
admitted in his apology that he was goaded on by persecution , and in some degree mistaken as to facts , this paragraph requires no comment . The changes are nowrung in